Reports: Flint woman killed in Syria

FLINT, MI -- A Flint woman and two others have been killed in Syria, according to Syrian news reports.

Hundreds of Syrians living in Turkey and human right activists shout anti-Assad slogans as they stage a protest outside the Syrian consulate to condemn the latest killings by Syrian regime in Syria, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.AP photo

The story was reported on the Syrian official news agency, SANA, saying that three were killed by government forces.

The Syrian news website Breaking News Network says one of the killed is a Flint woman named Nicole Mansfield, 33. (Link: Warning, graphic photos). The site is in Arabic but can be translated into English on some web browsers.

Breaking News Network and SANA show photos of a drivers license for Mansfield, which has a Flint address on Stevenson Street.

Nobody answered the door at the Flint address Thursday, May 30, that was the address on the driver's license and messages were left with the company that manages the apartment building.

Other records show Mansfield with an address at an apartment complex on Longway Boulevard. At that address, an eviction notice for Mansfield is posted on the door and is dated May 21, 2013.

The Syrian news site Syria Now is reporting the incident as well, saying a source said the three were caught throwing a grenade and were in possession of weapons and of a map of military position. (Link: Warning, graphic photos). The site is also in Arabic.

All the reports from Syria said the three were killed at a military base at the city of Idlib. SANA reported that the three were killed after they were found snooping around a military base.

Reports say the other two who were killed is British and the third person possessed no identification.

Syria has been entrenched in a bloody civil war since 2011, with rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.